BETTER SHOW : Martin or Fresh Prince :

[Jerz-2]

Some of those Pam hair jokes in Martin give off vibes listening to them now

....but see, wasn't nobody even talkin' to you, Wiggie Smalls.

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

it's funny af to see them try not to break character by laughing in the scene.

There are so many episodes where they break outta character and have to hide their face from laughing at the shyt martin does. Martin is legendary.


Cole busted out laughing....."Si-lance...si-laaaaaance"


"Tony Montana"

 

[number21]

Martin is for people who like that what I call "wacked out" comedy. That Steve Harvey, Cedric "Ahahaaaaaa" type stuff. I could never get into Martin cuz I always felt it was kinda corny. Didn't care for "Shanaynay" and all these different characters. Felt corny and try hard. I don't like when a show/comedian makes me feel like I'm supposed to laugh. Just give me the joke and I'll decide if it's funny or not. I don't care how many wigs and funny faces you make.


Fresh Prince is a show that'll catch you laughing even when it's on in the background and you're not really paying attention just by listening to how everyone is interacting with each other. The thing is EVERYBODY on Fresh Prince was funny. Carlton , Geoffrey, Hilary, Ashley, Dark Skin Aunt Viv, the Big Guy.. everyone had their moments and it was unintentional humor. Even little Nicky. Mainly just off the rip comments and shade throwing that made the jokes 10x funnier.

Fresh Prince felt like you were a fly on the wall of a funny family household.

Plus Fresh Prince wasn't "just" comedy. They had deep episodes, they had lessons and morals. They had conscious material. It had a little bit of everything.

This. Which is why I will always feel Martin is one of the most overrated shows out there.

 

[Regine Hunter]

I’m kinda at a bias since they aired FP reruns all my life and I never really watched Martin until I was grown and saw an episode here or there

 

[I love Latina women]

Thank you, Jesus!

 

[Black Lightning]

Martin and it's not even close.

 

[N711oir]

It's hard because they were both on entirely different networks and platforms/ Martin could get away with alot more...

As well I venture to say especially in the beginning Martin had more input on the direction of his show/ In the beginnings of the Fresh Prince/ mainly writers and Quincy Jones

 

[Black Lightning]

James Avery carried the Fresh Prince.

Without him that show would have been cancelled in the first season.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

....but see, wasn't nobody even talkin' to you, Wiggie Smalls.

those one liners had me crying. Remember when Bruh Man was selling merch and t-shirts to the Whitty Husdon concert
and Hustle Man -pick up the pieces with his kazoo..

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

James Avery carried the Fresh Prince.

Without him that show would have been cancelled in the first season.

underrated comment. he really did. Will was wild corny to me. I didn't find him funny.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

3:44 Chitlin loaf

 

[Cadillac]

, I think Jazz was the only repeat gag on that show.

lol what

Hilary and her being stupid
the Phil fat Jokes
Carlton and his dance
Hilary askin Phil for Money
Will hitting Carlton

idk why the critique of Martin repeating gags is being held against it, when Fresh prince and other sitcoms did the same thing to

hell some episodes of Fresh prince I recall there are entire episodes that rely on these gags for comedy.

 

[Cadillac]

Only those that are not intellectually gifted such as myself prefer martin over fresh prince

Is this what we're doing now

It's all preferences at the end.

They were both relatable...but Martin had a tendency to make fun of certain things that we all understood....things like "not paying the 5"...the episode of not settling for a job unless it was the one you think you should have...the one about how bruh man borrowed the CD player...he jut made fun of everyday stuff...it was never that 'deep' with him.

Fresh Prince a lot of the time had serious moments...and they captured that well.

But If I had to say which is better...i'd say Martin did the "laugh at everyday things" better than FP did the "life lessons to learn from" type of thing.

nothing but facts. Martin is a pure comedy show in the ilk of like Married with Children and even tho not a sitcom but still comedy Its Sunny in Philadelphia

Where they are more laugh at everything. Straight pure comedy.

whereas Fresh Prince is more of a mix up of comedy and some drama like Family matters(altho obviously Fresh Prince is done much better)

 

[Numpsay]

I liked both shows back then. Martin was funnier than Fresh Prince but overall the latter was the better show.

Fresh Prince has aged a lot more gracefully than Martin. I can still watch Fresh Prince, I can't stand Martin for the most part. shyt just seems extra and corny at this point.